Cre­ate a wow look

BLACK kohl eye­liner is a great way to high­light a pair of eyes, but it can also look ex­tremely harsh.

So which eye­liner colour matches which eye colour?

"In the past most peo­ple went for match­ing hues: blue eyes with blue eye­liner, for ex­am­ple, to high­light the eyes' nat­u­ral colour," ex­plains Peter Sch­midinger from the VKE beau­ti­cians' trade as­so­ci­a­tion.

"That's still a pop­u­lar method and it can look fan­tas­tic." But there are other op­tions. "Ba­si­cally any­thing goes th­ese days and all colours can be com­bined," says Sch­midinger.

"When it comes to eye­liner the rule is that a colour that matches the eye colour will cre­ate a nat­u­ral look, whereas a con­trast­ing liner will make the eyes' colour stand out." – dpa